valley that separates the anterior lobe of the cerebral hemisphere from the parietal lobe

What is the importance of the precentral gyrus?

area of the anterior lobe - its cortex is the motor cortex and contains neurons whose axons project to motor neurons in the brainstem and spinal cord that innervate skeletal muscles

motor cortex

the cortex of the precentral gyrus of the anterior lobe of the cerebral hemisphere. it contains neurons whose axons project to motor neurons in the brainstem and spinal cord that innervate skeletal muscles

lateral (Sylvian) fissure

separates anterior lobe of the cerebral hemisphere from the temporal lobe

insular cortex

of the insula between the frontal and temporal lobes of the cerebral hemisphere - visceral and autonomic function, including taste

What is the importance of the postcentral gyrus?

found in parietal lobe of the cerebral hemisphere - cortex is concerned with somatic sensation (somatic sensory cortex)

somatic sensory cortex

of the postcentral gyrus of the parietal lobe of the cerebral hemisphere - concerned with somatic sensation

occipital lobe

of the cerebral hemisphere - vision

frontal lobe

of the cerebral hemisphere - plans responses to stimuli

parietal lobe

of the cerebral hemisphere - attends to stimuli

temporal lobe

of the cerebral hemisphere - recognizes stimuli

corpus callosum

tract of axons that bridges the two cerebral hemispheres. contains axons that originate from neurons in one hemisphere that contact target neurons in the other hemisphere

hippocampus

memory

uncus

structure that contains the pyriform cortex

pyriform cortex

contained in the uncus; processes olfactory information

cerebral peduncles

two large tracts posterior to the hypothalamus; contain axons that project to the motor neurons in the brainstem and spinal cord

parieto-occipital sulcus

valley that separates the pareital lobe of the cerebral hemisphere from the occipital

calcarine sulcus

valley that divides the medial surface of the occipital lobe of the cerebral hemisphere
marks the location of the primary visual cortex

cingulate sulcus

valley that extends across the medial surface of the frontal and parietal lobes